Thursday, July 16, 2009

More work, more fishing, more good weather...

After going to the Wynn Center, we spent our evening at Bishop's beach. We intended on walking all the way down the beach, but got caught up in a highly competitive game of "rock" bocce ball (lasted well over an hour.)
After a disputed victory...our attention turned to the incredible amount of wildlife out. We saw several loons fishing for dinner along with a couple of seals. We also saw an eagle and two sandhill cranes flying over head.
Another shot of Bishop's Beach...




We spoke with the erosion specialist, Steve Baird, about his work in Homer. He was very helpful and may even be Brendan's new hero (big fisherman). Here is an example of his work in which he compiles decades of erosion rates and distances into GIS software, creating figures like the one below.
We got our bikes fixed and let's just say...we underestimated the hills of Alaska. None the less, they have been very helpful!
Picture taken of Grewingk Glacieron the way up one of the hills...
After a long day of biking we decided to once again try our luck fishing off the Spit. Here is a picture of Brendan trying to catch a halibut on the fly rod. teehee

I was more impressed by how clear it was that night!

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